System information

Options for the create_cf Command
418 AlterPath OnBoard Administrator’s Guide
Examples for create_cf Command Usage
All the examples assume you have done a network boot and you want to save
the image from RAM.
Saving an Image to a Flash PCMCIA Card
After inserting a flash memory PCMCIA card into PCMCIA slot 1, you would
enter the following command to save a copy of the image from RAM into the
flash memory PCMCIA card in PCMCIA slot 1.
Saving an Image into the Image2 area and Restoring the
Factory Default Configuration.
The following command saves the image from RAM into the image2 area and
restores the factory default configuration.
--dontformat Does not format the compact flash. The sizes of partitions
hda1-3 and 5-8 are checked. If the partition sizes are not
smaller than 2, 2, 5, 51, 51, 6, and 6 Mbytes respectively, the
image is installed in the specified image area.
--imageN Creates/replaces imageN, when n=1 | 2. Use this option to
replace only the specified image without erasing both images.
Changes the currentimage environment variable to boot
from the image.
[root@OnBoard /]# create_cf -d --/dev/hdc --image1
[root@OnBoard /]# create_cf --factory_default --image2
Table B-1: Options for the create_cf command (Continued)
Option Description